- pronunciation - How to pronounce the g at the end of König or Leipzig . . .
As you see, the following are international phonetics in German for König and Leipzig: [ˈkøːnɪç] [ˈlaɪptsɪç] My question is how to pronounce the g, i e , [ç] properly? Does it pronounce as close as
- pronunciation - Is there a practical difference between e and ä . . .
In standard pronunciation, short "ä" is [ɛ] and short "e" is [ə], [ɛ], or [e], where the last one occurs in foreign words ("Methode" [meˈtoːdə]) but rarely in native ones ("lebendig" [leˈbɛndɪç]) That means that most of the time, there is no audible difference between short "ä" and "e" For instance, the vowels in "nässer" and "besser" are the same, namely [ɛ] Long "ä" is
- pronunciation - Is Liszt really pronounced like the English word list . . .
The name is pronounced as the German word "List" which comes very close to the English word "list" To understand it, you have to know that Franz Liszt was an Austrian-Hungarian composer In Hungarian his name is Liszt Ferenc In Hungarian "sz" is pronounced similarly as the German "ß", and in fact in former times the modern German letter "ß" was written as "sz" And up to now in "ß" is
- pronunciation - How is “ch” pronounced correctly? - German Language . . .
The pronunciation of Grüß dich on that site is decent but doesn't sound like a native speaker's The r is rolled in a way that doesn't sound German The ü is ever so slightly off (possibly something about length or intonation) The i sounds a bit too schwa- or e-like And the ch, while definitely recognisable, has a tendency towards sch
- pronunciation - How do you pronounce René, a German male given name . . .
The French pronunciation of René is, of course, quite distinctly different from the German pronunciation of the word To hear the query word pronounced in Yandex, the Russian word for 'German' in the translator's input output windows is " NEMEЦКИЙ ", and the Russian word for 'French' is " фРАНЦУЗCКИЙ "
- Is there a difference between V and F in German?
So: the usual pronunciation of the letter is the same as the letter but there are also many loanwords in which the is pronounced like a Note, that there are also some exceptions and special cases: Ad v ent Standard pronunciation: [atˈ v ɛnt] also allowed in Austria and Switzerland: [atˈ f ɛnt] Ner v, ner v ös etc
- pronunciation - Difference between French and German r, and does . . .
The answer to the linked question applies here, too What you hear is not a French accent, but following Sieb's rules for Bühnendeutsch, probably matched with comparable rules for stage French I have no knowledge about those, but the contrast between conversational French and what I hear in Edith Piaf or Charles Aznavour chansons also has a lot to do with the uvular trill
- pronunciation - In written German, how can I tell whether s is . . .
sch is pronounced ʃ ß is pronounced s But how can I differentiate between the pronunciations s , ʃ and z for your average s in written German? Does it depend on s ' position in
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